SEXY christians - Baker Publishing Group

Introductionmind—again. But thirty-two minutes later we were roaringdown the freeway to the Portland airport. Unbelievable!A sense of the miraculous hung in the air as we boardedthe plane. We had watched the hand of God take one simplemidweek service and broadcast it around the nation. It beganwhen Diane and I decided to address an issue the churchwasn’t really talking about—at least not in a healthy way. Wedecided to take on the subject of the fun, joy, delight, anddeep intimacy Christian couples can uniquely experience intheir sexual relationship.A local television station learned of our plans. I rememberthe female reporter who showed up before the Wednesdayservice. She asked me where she could find the Sexy Christiansclass. I’m sure she expected to locate the group lurking in adark room where we could conceal everyone’s identity. Shewas going to get the scoop on this nefarious activity.I smiled and told her, “It’s not a class. It’s the subject ofour midweek services for the entire month.”Her eyes dilated; her brows raised. She blurted out, “Sowhat are you going to talk about?”“Oh, lots of things. For example, tonight we’ll put uppictures of the male and female sexual response cycles onour giant video screens.”Now her expression displayed even greater shock. Shealmost shouted her next question: “You’re going to showpornography in the church?”“No. No!” I hadn’t meant to confuse her. “But it’s definitelygoing to be a PG-13 service.”“What do you mean? What are you going to talkabout?”I smiled once again. I had to tease her a bit more. “Well,you’ll just have to stick around and enjoy what happens.”A preservice meeting interrupted our discussion. I thankedmy new friend for coming and asking such great questions. Iassumed she and her team—like most news crews that visitone of our services—would disappear and I would never 12Dr. Ted Roberts and Diane Roberts,Sexy Christians: The Purpose, Power, and Passion of Biblical Intimacy,Baker Books, a division of Baker Publishing Group, © 2011. Used by permission.